October 25th, 2012
It knows what you’re looking for. It can ‘read’ your emails. It follows you as you wend your way around the web, taking note of the web sites you visit, the products you show interest in. It stores your work documents. It knows what you like – and don’t like. Holds your calendar. Shows you [...]
September 10th, 2012
Someone recently asked if I’d describe myself as a social media expert. I replied that I would not. And to run away screaming from anybody who did. What does it mean to be an expert in social media? Does it mean you’ve got extensive experience in Twitter and Facebook, with possibly a smattering of LinkedIn, [...]
August 23rd, 2012
It’s interesting on one level. But means absolutely nothing on so many others. Not that such issues every troubled the Daily Mail headline writers. Is not joining Facebook a sign you’re a psychopath? Some employers and psychologists say staying away from social media is ‘suspicious’ Daily Mail, August 6 2012 Neither James Holmes, the man [...]
July 18th, 2011
After a gestation period equal to that of a baby elephant, Spotify has finally launched in the US. The excitement that’s greeted the arrival of the streaming music service has reached epic proportions, with the amount of press coverage far exceeding its likely short-term impact. With competitor services like Pandora well-entrenched in the US already [...]
June 29th, 2011
You can’t fault their tenacity. Or their ambition. Because it’s becoming clear that Google’s going to keep coming up with new social media products until one of them sticks, finally, like well-cooked spaghetti to a virtual wall. The search giant’s latest foray into the world of social is Google+, which is not to be confused [...]
June 2nd, 2011
Back in March, I wrote about Google’s ‘version’ of the Facebook ‘Like’ button and now +1 is here. And installed on this site. I know I need to write more on the blog – I’ve been busy, sorry – but, for now, have a read of the previous story and, if you like this one [...]
April 1st, 2011
I’ve mentioned the “30 day song challenge” group on Facebook before but thought I’d revisit the topic as I’m now in the home straight, having “answered” for 18 days running so far. And, looking back over my choices so far, I’m happy with most of them but being the musical trainspotter I am I know [...]
March 31st, 2011
It came as a surprise to nobody who’d been paying attention to the gossip and rumour. But I, for one, thought they might have done it a little more subtly. Or injected just a soupcon of originality. For today Google announced it’s latest inroad into the world of social media, and fired a shot across [...]
March 15th, 2011
Regular readers (insert jokes here) will know I like a bit of music – playing and listening to it. So, I’ve been enjoying a little “game” on Facebook called the “30 day song challenge” where you have to select a song every day for, er, 30 days to match a certain theme: from a song [...]
March 11th, 2011
Like most people, I woke up this morning to the news of the devastating earthquake that’s hit North-east Japan. I was in the car for an hour listening to the drama unfold on Radio 5Live, and every time my car stopped in the rush hour traffic I hit refresh on Facebook, quickly checked Skype and [...]